Cash ready for first full year with O's
11/14/2005
BALTIMORE -- Dave Cash had one of the greatest moments of his playing career in Baltimore when his Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Orioles in Game 7 of the dramatic 1971 World Series. Now he's back in the Major Leagues once more -- this time with Baltimore as a coach.
Cash took over as first base coach in August, when Sam Perlozzo became the team's interim manager. Cash was given the job for good when Perlozzo was named the official manager last month, and the former second baseman is looking forward to helping Baltimore become the type of team it's been in years past.
"We've got some work to do," Cash said from his offseason home in Florida, "but I'm looking forward to it. It's a challenge, and I'm looking forward to helping our guys get the job done."
Cash spent 12 years in the Majors with Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Montreal and San Diego before starting his Minor League coaching/managing career in 1987 with the Phillies organization. He made it to the top, spending 1996 as the Phillies' first base coach before moving to the Orioles organization the next season.
He spent three years as hitting/infield coach for the Orioles' Triple-A Rochester team, and eventually began managing. He skippered the Class A Frederick team in 2001 and Double-A Bowie for the first part of 2002 before being reassigned. Cash then went to the team's new Triple-A farm club in Ottawa in 2003 as hitting/infield coach, and remained until coming back to Baltimore last summer.
"I've been in the Minors as a coach and manager for 18 years, and [getting to the big leagues] is something I can look back at and tell my grandkids about," he said.
Cash was caught off guard when he got the call from Perlozzo last August to come to Baltimore and join the Orioles -- but he loved it.
"I was really surprised -- it was a shock almost," Cash said. "You're in the Minor Leagues one day and in the Majors [the next]. But baseball is baseball. There's just a different way of doing things."
Cash will work with the Baltimore infielders, handling Miguel Tejada, Melvin Mora, Brian Roberts and whoever the first baseman will be this season.
In addition, Cash will perform the typical first base coach's job -- traffic cop, as he calls it. He'll remind the runner of the number of outs, the situation, things to look for and other pieces of information. Cash said that's hard to do sometimes, because the first baseman is talking to the runner, asking "How's the family?" and stuff like that. Cash just wants to make sure the runners know the right things.
"I'm just directing traffic," he said with a laugh.
Cash certainly knows about the traffic that comes on the baseball field. He played with the four teams and was a three-time All-Star (1974-1976). The 1971 World Series was his only time in the Fall Classic. He went 0-for-4 in the final game, when the Pirates scratched out a 2-1 win over the Orioles.
That tense afternoon remains one of his favorite baseball memories.
"When you're a player, you don't think about being nervous," he said. "You're more nervous after the game. You don't have time to think about being nervous."
Source: http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/
BALTIMORE -- Dave Cash had one of the greatest moments of his playing career in Baltimore when his Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Orioles in Game 7 of the dramatic 1971 World Series. Now he's back in the Major Leagues once more -- this time with Baltimore as a coach.
Cash took over as first base coach in August, when Sam Perlozzo became the team's interim manager. Cash was given the job for good when Perlozzo was named the official manager last month, and the former second baseman is looking forward to helping Baltimore become the type of team it's been in years past.
"We've got some work to do," Cash said from his offseason home in Florida, "but I'm looking forward to it. It's a challenge, and I'm looking forward to helping our guys get the job done."
Cash spent 12 years in the Majors with Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Montreal and San Diego before starting his Minor League coaching/managing career in 1987 with the Phillies organization. He made it to the top, spending 1996 as the Phillies' first base coach before moving to the Orioles organization the next season.
He spent three years as hitting/infield coach for the Orioles' Triple-A Rochester team, and eventually began managing. He skippered the Class A Frederick team in 2001 and Double-A Bowie for the first part of 2002 before being reassigned. Cash then went to the team's new Triple-A farm club in Ottawa in 2003 as hitting/infield coach, and remained until coming back to Baltimore last summer.
"I've been in the Minors as a coach and manager for 18 years, and [getting to the big leagues] is something I can look back at and tell my grandkids about," he said.
Cash was caught off guard when he got the call from Perlozzo last August to come to Baltimore and join the Orioles -- but he loved it.
"I was really surprised -- it was a shock almost," Cash said. "You're in the Minor Leagues one day and in the Majors [the next]. But baseball is baseball. There's just a different way of doing things."
Cash will work with the Baltimore infielders, handling Miguel Tejada, Melvin Mora, Brian Roberts and whoever the first baseman will be this season.
In addition, Cash will perform the typical first base coach's job -- traffic cop, as he calls it. He'll remind the runner of the number of outs, the situation, things to look for and other pieces of information. Cash said that's hard to do sometimes, because the first baseman is talking to the runner, asking "How's the family?" and stuff like that. Cash just wants to make sure the runners know the right things.
"I'm just directing traffic," he said with a laugh.
Cash certainly knows about the traffic that comes on the baseball field. He played with the four teams and was a three-time All-Star (1974-1976). The 1971 World Series was his only time in the Fall Classic. He went 0-for-4 in the final game, when the Pirates scratched out a 2-1 win over the Orioles.
That tense afternoon remains one of his favorite baseball memories.
"When you're a player, you don't think about being nervous," he said. "You're more nervous after the game. You don't have time to think about being nervous."
Source: http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/
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